Author Archives: DAVAO TODAY

16 years ago

Where goes the Durian King?

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By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

They call him the Durian King. When truckloads of durians arrive at the fruit stand at Magsaysay Park, the durian trucker no longer bothers unloading the thorny fruits in baskets. All the trucker had to do is throw the fruits at him and he’d catch them with his bare hands.

16 years ago

Davao’s new malls

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Two new malls and call centers will soon rise along Bajada in Davao city: Abreeza, a joint venture between Ayala Land Inc. and the Davao-based Antonio Floirendo Corp. (Anflocor), will feature a mall and a call center; while Robinson’s cybergate, still being built near the Davao city Water District, will feature a mall and a call center on its second floor. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)

16 years ago

Goodbye to a ‘true revolutionary’

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Thousands of peasants from Southern Mindanao, including old acquaintances, bid farewell to New People’s Army leader Valerio “Ka Richard” Mante Jr. as he is laid down to his final rest, September 30, in Forest Lake memorial park in Davao City. A former secretary-general of the progressive group Bayan before he joined the NPA, Mante is remembered well as a teacher, a cultural artist and a true soldier of the people. MORE PHOTOS HERE. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan and Jonald Mahinay)